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 9* s. vi. SEPT. i. i9oo.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 169 salvage was afterwards sold to an American agent for 3001. only, which your columns also duly announced. I believe the library had been valued for probate at about 70,OOOJ. Where can I see a copy of the catalogue ? GNOMON. Temple. ALPRESS. — A boy of this name was admitted to Westminster School on 19 April, 1765. Can any correspondent identify him forme? G. F. B. B. JONATHAN BADCOCK was admitted to Westminster School on 24 January, 1814. Any particulars concerning his parentage and career are desired. G. F. R. B. "MANECANTERIE."—What is the exact mean- ing, also the etymology, of this word 1 It is used by Alphonse Daudet—I think several times—in 'Le Petit Chose.' It appears to mean a kind of school connected with a church, where, however, "grammar, and non- sense, and learning," as Tony Lumpkin sings, play second fiddle, the principal employment of the boys being to assist at church cere- monies such as laymen, or rather lay boys, can take part in. 1 do not remember the word elsewhere. It is not in M. Gasc's excellent dictionary, ed. 1897, from which I infer that it is not in common use. Does L,ittre" give it ? JONATHAN BOUCHIER. [The word is neither in Littr6 nor any French dictionary with which we are familiar. "Mani- cantaria ia used in Lyons for the home of the choristers (damns puerorum symphoniacorum). This will probably put you on the right track. Cf. Ducange and Carpenter, s.v. ' Manecantans.'] NEVILL, FKUDAL BARONS OF ROSSGARLAND, co. WEXFORD. — Burke's ' General Armory, 1878, states that Thomas Nyvell was of Old Ross, 1303; Simon Nevill, Baron of Ross- garland, was fined 1363; and David Nevill, Baron of Rossgarland, was attainted temp. Ed. VI. The arms given are Barry of four arg. and az., a chief of Nevill. I fail in tracing this branch in any printed pedigrees or in MSS. in the B.M. Can any one assist me? I have looked in G. E. C. and Lynch's ' Feudal Baronies.' H. L. O. OBMSBY.—There ia a pedigree of Ormsby in a MS. at Trin. Coll., Dub., numbered F. 3, 23. Will any Irish reader of ' N. & Q.1 acquaint me with its contents? I shall be happy to reciprocate. H. L. O. ANGIER, ANGER, OR AUNGIER FAMILY.— Can any reader give information as to the whereabouts of any MSS., deeds, seals, or portraits relating to this family, as well as that of Ancher, of Kent ? Is there any French genealogical work relating to Brit- tany which gives a pedigree of Angier de Loheacduring the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when they held the barony of Crapado and marquisate of Loh^ac ? C. J. BRUCE-ANGIER. The Grove, Eating. JOHN MILTON.—The following entry occurs in Joseph Smith's 'Catalogue of Friends' Books':— "Considerations touching the likeliest means to remove Hirelings out of the Church, w herein is also discours'd of Church Fees, Church Revenues; and Whether any Maintenance of Ministers can be settled by law. The author John Milton. With the Addition of several notes. Newcastle-upon- Tyne, Reprinted by S. Ross, at the Angel in the Fleshmarket, 8vo. 1732. Note.—This edition of John Milton's book is entered here oa account ol it being edited by a Friend." Can any reader of 'N. & Q.' give me a reference to a copy of this edition? It is not in the British Museum. ROBT. ALEC PEDDIE. National Liberal Club. ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF M. JULES Bois. — Can you tell me whether any of the following of M. Jules Bois's works have been translated into English: ' Une Nouvelle Douleur,' 'L'Eternelle Poupee,' 'L'Eve Nou- velle'? L H. H. M. TAVERN SIGNS: "THE BAY HORSE."—Per- haps some reader of ' N. & Q.' can inform me why the signs of " The Yorkshire Grey " and of " The Bay Horse " are so frequently met with on the Great North Road and in York- shire generally ; also what is the meaning of them. I have made many references with the object of elucidating these points, but hitherto without success. CHARLES G. HARPER. [References to "The Bay Horse" are found in Larwood and Hotten's ' History of Signboards,' but no explanation such as you seek is given. The General Indexes of ' N. & Q.' abound with tavern signs.] MRS. MEGBY.—In 'Haunted London,' by Walter Thornbury, mention is made of " Mr. Dickens's inimitable Mrs. Megby." In what story or play of Charles Dickens's does Mrs. Megby appear ? KATE ST. LEGEK. [The name is not in the Dickens dictionary, nor do we find it in the plays.] TRAJAN'S COLUMN AND INSCRIPTION.— Where can I find a translation of the inscrip- tion on Trajan's Column in Rome ? It is not